Demand Planning Specialist – EP Full Time

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Job Function

Supply Chain Planning

Job Sub Function

Demand Planning

Job Category

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Mumbai, India

Job Description

Position Summary

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The Demand Planning Specialist — EP supports demand planning and IBP activities for Electrophysiology products for ROA (NA and ANZ). Based in Pune, this role focuses on developing and maintaining accurate statistical and consensus forecasts, performing demand analysis, and supporting launch readiness and supply decisions. The Specialist works closely with Commercial (sales, distributor services, clinical affairs), Supply Planning, Distribution and Finance to ensure product availability, reduce forecast variance, and enable regional IBP processes.

The Role’s Scope Of Responsibilities Include

• Prepare and maintain statistical forecasts and baseline demand models for EP consumables and disposables.
• Consolidate commercial inputs (sales orders, distributor forecasts, procedure schedules, promotions, tenders) into the consensus demand plan.
• Support IBP / S&OP cadences: prepare demand pack inputs, run demand variance analysis, document assumptions and actions, and follow up on open items.
• Perform root-cause analysis of forecast exceptions and demand variability; propose corrective actions to improve accuracy and reduce bias.
• Generate regular and ad-hoc reporting (forecast vs. actual, MAPE/bias, inventory impact, service risk) and present insights to local and regional stakeholders.
• Support launch planning: build demand scenarios, validate launch volumes with commercial leads, and coordinate with supply for staging and allocation.
• Maintain and improve data quality across planning systems; support data integration from distributor and hospital sources.
• Implement and automate routine planning tasks and reports using tools such as Excel, Power BI, or scripting where applicable.
• Collaborate with planners across markets to share best practices and standardize planning processes.
• Ensure planning activities comply with regulatory and quality requirements.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

In order of importance, briefly describe, in sentence form, the essential functions/major responsibilities of this position (principal duties and responsibilities of the position) as it exists today.  Describe the job, not the person in the job.  Each item listed below should be an essential function/major responsibility of the position, not a day-to-day activity.

Typically, job descriptions should contain no more than seven or eight major responsibilities ranked in order of highest percentage time to least.

Approximate Percentage of Time

Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities

55%

• Forecast generation, maintenance and variance analysis

20%

• IBP / S&OP support and stakeholder coordination

10%

• Reporting automation and analytics

10%

• Launch planning and scenario analysis

5%

• Data quality and system maintenance

100%

• Total

Required Qualifications

Consider and identify qualifications potential applicants must possess in order to be considered for the position. Basic Qualifications must be clearly stated, objective and relevant to this particular position.

Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics or related field. Other N/A

Required Years of Related Experience: Min 2+ years Other N/A

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Uncompromised requirements for the role):

(Include Any Required Computer Skills, Certifications, Licenses, Languages, Etc.)

• Experience in demand planning, supply chain planning or forecasting — experience with medical devices, surgical consumables or procedure-driven products preferred.
• Hands-on experience with forecasting/statistical tools and strong Excel skills (pivot tables, advanced formulas).
• Practical experience with planning systems (SAP IBP, Kinaxis, Oracle Demantra or equivalent) is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical capability with attention to detail and ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.
• Good stakeholder management and communication skills; able to interact with commercial, supply and distributor partners.
• Eligible to live and work in India.

Travel on the Job

Indicate whether this position requires travel.

Yes

Percentage Travel

10 %

Type Of Travel Required

Domestic (APAC)

International

People Management Experience

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No

Required Years Of People Management Experience

NA

Preferred Qualifications

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Preferred Minimum Education: Bachelors or Equivalent Other N/A

Preferred Area of Study: BS/BA in an applicable field of study; advanced degree is preferred, MBA a plus

Preferred Related Industry Experience (if applicable): Life Sciences, MedTechnology, FMCG

Preferred Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

(Include any preferred computer skills, certifications, licenses, languages, etc or abilities that are assets to performing in the role.)

• Experience in healthcare, FMCG or related categories.
• Exposure to Power BI / Tableau or basic scripting (Python/R) for automation and analytics.
• Prior experience working across multiple markets or with cross-border teams.

Key Working Relationships

Identify the most important working relationships with people inside and outside the company including customers, vendors, associations, etc. Briefly describe the nature of the contacts.

Internal

• EP Planning Lead, Senior Manager EP Planning, Regional Planning Lead
• Commercial: Country Sales, Distributor Services, Clinical & Medical Affairs (EP BU)
• Supply: Supply Planning, Distribution, Quality & Regulatory
• Finance: Country/Cluster Finance, FP&A

External

• Distributors and 3PL partners in India and SEA
• Hospital procurement and EP lab clinical champions

Supervisory Responsibilities

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Direct/Indirect Reports

• NA

Decision Making Authority – Check all appropriate decision-making authority level for this position.

Makes hiring recommendations

Makes hiring decisions

Trains employees

Plans work of others

Reviews work quality and quantity of others

Conducts performance reviews

Determines resource allocation

Makes pay and promotional recommendations

Makes pay and promotional decisions

Resolves employee grievances

Makes termination recommendations

Makes termination decisions

Recommends budget amounts

Makes budget decisions

Required Skills

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Business Behavior, Collaborating, Customer Service, Data Analysis, Data Savvy, Demand Forecasting, Demand Planning, Execution Focus, Inventory Optimization, Manufacturing Flow Management, Personal Development, Predictive Modeling, Project Management, Statistics, Supply Chain, Supply Planning